courtesy Susan Scott Tiny trilobite fossils make unusual earrings. My trilobite earrings are about the size of my thumbnail, but I have a pretend trilobite fossil that’s 7 inches long. I bought this ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Trilobites, such as this Mummaspis muralensis, emerged during the Cambrian Period and went extinct more than 250 million years ago. About 513 million years ago, a creature curled up like a pill bug to ...

Fossils unearthed at a slate quarry in northern Portugal include those of the largest known trilobites, as well as immense assemblages — some a thousand strong — that suggest the creatures exhibited ...

Buried beneath layers of volcanic ash for over half a billion years, a set of newly unearthed trilobite fossils from Morocco is reshaping the scientific understanding of one of Earth’s earliest and ...

Among fossils, trilobites are rock stars. They are adorable (as stony arthropods go), with a segmented shape distinctive enough to be a common logo. But they’re also fascinating because there are so ...

Over 300 million years, trilobites evolved a diverse and successful array of forms while maintaining a simple, common body plan. Related Article Three vertical lobes BODY PLAN Trilobites had three ...

Trilobites first appear early in the Cambrian and are one of the earliest examples of arthropods, the group that includes all insects. They flourished for over 100 million years, leaving fossils that ...

With all of the news about irreversible global warming and environmental collapse, it’s time to take a look at one of the Earth’s mega-survivors: the versatile Trilobite. Throughout the Paleozoic era, ...

Andy Secher remembers the first time he came face to face with a fossil. He was seven years old and riding the school bus when the bus driver showed him and the other students a specimen that he had ...

Among fossils, trilobites are rock stars. They are adorable (as stony arthropods go), with a segmented shape distinctive enough to be a common logo. But they're also fascinating because there are so ...